Library Workshop for Preparation of Honours Project

1. Collecting information effectively for Humanities resources Library Workshop for Preparation of Honours Project Research Strategies March 2007

2. Previous work done by the graduates <Library’s Honours Project Database if your dept. participated> Departmental Web site at http://arts.hkbu.edu.hk/~hum/ungrad_curriculum_honpro.htm HKBU Faculty and Staff Papers and Reports Catalogue Identify gaps in the literature, other areas that worth of exploration General background of the topic 2. Research Focus • Discuss with your professor • Is your topic too broad? Consider a narrower scope • Write down your research questions Overview of Research Process 1. Starting Points

3. Depending on your needs: Do you need pictorial works/ photos/ads? Do you need literary criticism/ book review/ film review articles? Do you need current articles or historical articles? Do you need interviews? Do you need 人物評論? SOURCES Finding books in the Library Catalogue Finding journal articles in e-databases/ e-journals Finding newspaper articles Finding photos/ pictures on the Internet Overview of Research Process 3. Identify Appropriate Resources

4. Information Scenario Exercise: • Scenario #1: you want to know about theories of gender communication • Scenario #2: you want information that discusses gender identity and stereotypes • Scenario #3: you want information on the criticism or comments on women stereotypes in Virginia Woolf’s fiction

5. Information Scenario Exercise: • Scenario #1: you want to know about theories of gender communication Searching Tool: Lib. Catalogue • Scenario #2: you want information that discusses gender identity and stereotypes Searching Tool: Databases • Scenario #3: you want information on the criticism or comments on women stereotypes in Virginia Woolf’s fiction Searching Tool: Book Review/ Journal articles@Lib. Catalogue/ Database/ Internet

6. Search Option Exercise: • Scenario #1: you want to find out works written by Virginia Woolf. Which search option in the Library Catalogue would you use? • Scenario #2: you want to find information written about Virginia Woolf say her biography, criticism on her work. Which search option in the Library Catalogue would you use?

7. Search Option Exercise: • Scenario #1: you want to find out works written by Virginia Woolf. Which search option in the Library Catalogue would you use? Search Option: Author • Scenario #2: you want to find information written about Virginia Woolf say her biography, criticism on her work. Which search option in the Library Catalogue would you use? Search Option: Subject

8. Keyword Search Skills

9. Search Techniques – A Summary cultur* VS cult* • Truncation • Useful to find words in variant forms • Search all words that start with the same characters • Represent multiple characters • Placement of truncation symbol is significant Behavio?r Wom?n • Wildcard • Useful to find words in different spelling, singular/plural form • Represent zero or a single character social role AND (wom?n OR female) • Phrase search • To search multiple keywords as an exact phrase • E.g. discourse analysis • With limitations e.g. “social role of women” CANNOT find titles with “Social status of women”, “Women’s social role”, etc. • Combining the use of AND, OR, AND NOT • Useful to narrow down, expand your search • To exclude unwanted concepts • Use brackets to set search priority (wom?n OR female)AND social role AND NOT Taiwan

10. Search Techniques – A Quiz on using “Truncation” Ideological Ideologist Ideology Ideologies Where would you put the * truncation symbol? Critic Critics Critical Criticism Criticize Where would you put the * truncation symbol?

11. Research on: The relationship of popular culture and the Internet 2 1 What are the KEY terms? How many records can you findin the library catalogue by using the exact phrase? Search Techniques – Exact Phrase VS Identify the KEY Terms • Identify Key Words in your Topic:

12. Research on: A critical study on the changes of herbal tea shops in Hong Kong 1 What are the KEY terms? 2 Combine the KEY terms using “AND” Note: Always look for the “subject headings” listed in the records to link to related items on the topic. Search Techniques – Exact Phrase VS Identify the KEY Terms • Identify Key Words in your Topic:

13. 1 2 S: social role Social role Keyword search: Keyword search: Irrelevant to “social role” in humanities context Subject in community colleges Subject in men, sex role, social role, masculinity Search Techniques - New • Field Search (Keyword=XXX) • To search the keyword in a particular field • To avoid retrieving irrelevant records Relevant to “social role” in humanities context

14. INTERNET RESOURCES on Reviews + Academic Search Elite @EBSCOhost + Academic Research Library @ProQuest • Book review • Entertainment or Television/Movie review • Interview & Speech search • Search for a Person • Using Field search in the library catalogue • Keyword search: s:(review* or critic* or 文學評論)and shakespeare • Useful Subject Headings in the Library Catalogue • Motion pictures -- Reviews • Film criticism • Books – Reviews – Indexes • Books – Reviews – Periodicals • <人名> -- 評論 • <人名> -- 作品 – 文學評論 • Book Reviews / TV & Movie Reviews • Reviews on popular readings and scholarly resources • Academic Search Elite @EBSCOhost • Academic Research Library @ProQuest • Scholarly reviews on films • Film Index International Online

15. Develop a Search Strategy

16. DEVELOP A SEARCH STRATEGY Topic: Homosexual marriage in Hong Kong Identify the main concepts Homosexual Marriage Hong Kong Homosexual Homosexuality Gay Lesbian Same sex Marriage Wedding Hong Kong List possible Search terms Combine your search terms appropriately Option #1: homosexual*AND marriage AND Hong Kong Option #2: (homosexual*OR same sex)AND marriage AND Hong Kong Option #3: (homosexual*OR same sex)AND marriage AND Hong KongAND (ethic* ORmoral) Add “additional terms” to narrowdown the search * : variant forms AND: use when both A& B concepts are needed to narrow down your search OR: use with synonyms to expand your search AND NOT: use when some related concepts are excluded Use Bracketsto specify search order

17. DEVELOP A SEARCH STRATEGY Exercise: Stereotype of women in the literature Identify the main concepts List possible Search terms Combine your search terms appropriately * : variant forms AND: use when both A& B concepts are needed to narrow down your search OR: use with synonyms to expand your search AND NOT: use when some related concepts are excluded Use Bracketsto specify search order

18. DEVELOP A SEARCH STRATEGY Topic: Stereotype of women in the literature Identify the main concepts Stereotype Women Literature Stereotype Stereotypes Image Characteristics Women Female Feminine Gender Literature Motion pictures List possible Search terms Combine your search terms appropriately Option #1: stereotyp*AND wom?n AND literature Option #2: (stereotyp*OR image*)AND(wom?n OR female)AND Hong Kong * : variant forms AND: use when both A& B concepts are needed to narrow down your search OR: use with synonyms to expand your search AND NOT: use when some related concepts are excluded Use Bracketsto specify search order

19. Major Resources

20. RESOURCES on Literature & Literary Criticism • Gale Literary Index • a master index to 130+ major literature products published by Gale. • use as a starting point to locate authors and titles covered in any volumes • http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex/ • Contemporary Writers (maintained by British Council Literature Dept.) • searchable database contains up-to-date profiles of some of the UK and Commonwealth's most important living writers • http://www.contemporarywriters.com/ • Internet Public Library (IPL) Literary Criticism Collection • contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works • The collection is not inclusive of all the work on the web, only selected sites are covered. • http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/ • The Literature Network • A searchable database for over 250 authors • Locate a particular quotation by searching through a database of the author’s works. • http://www.online-literature.com (go to the Author Index)

21. RESOURCES on Chinese Literature & Literary Criticism • Useful Subject Headings in the Library Catalogue Chinese literature -- 20th century – History and criticism– Periodicals 文學評論 -- 中國 -- 期刊 文學評論 – 香港 -- 期刊 • China Journal Net 中國期刊網 - 文史哲專輯 (1994- ) • 期刊論文及評論 • 香港中文期刊論文索引 http://hkinchipcu.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/ • 在香港出版的中文和雙語期刊提供論文索引，引用的期刊超過三百種。大部份期刊之索引資料從一九八零年開始，但重要之學術期刊則從創刊號開始。收錄最早之期刊為香港第一份中文刊物《遐邇貫珍》(一八五三年八月一日出版)，其中約有二十種期刊授權提供全文影像 。 • 香港文學資料庫 / 香港文學檔案 http://hklit.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/ • 有關香港文學的資料庫，除具備多項檢索功能外，資料庫部分條目更附有該文章之全文。內容包括香港報章文藝版文章、學報及期刊文章、 香港中文大學大學圖書館之館藏香港文學書刊、及學位論文。 • 中文電子期刊服務 http://www.ceps.com.tw/ec/echome.aspx • 提供超過4,000種不同學科領域的期刊索引資料 • 當代文學史料系統 http://lit.ncl.edu.tw/hypage.cgi?HYPAGE=home/index.htm • 台灣國家圖書館收集五十餘年台灣地區2000多位當代文學作家之基本資料及生平傳記,手稿,照片, 作品目錄, 評論文獻, 歷屆文學獎得獎紀錄 • 中華民國期刊論文索引影像系統(1991-)

22. * Philosopher’s Index * ARTBibliographies Modern * DAAI * British Humanities Index * ATLA Religion Database • covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, logic, and metaphysics from 1940. • Person name as subject • Limit your search to lang./document type/ publication date • provides abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art from late 19th century • articles, news items, and reviews published in design and applied arts periodicals from 1973 onwards • BHI indexes over 320 internationally respected humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the UK and other English speaking countries • thesaurus • Link to full-text e-journalssubscribed by HKBU • covers Biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religious perspectives on social issues from 1949. • Scriptures Search • Search subject name personal Major Electronic Resources in Humanities Subject Related • British Humanities Index • ATLA Religion Database • Philosopher’s Index • ARTBibliographies Modern • DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index

23. Current Events WiseNews HK, mainland China, Taiwan, Macau news Lexis-Nexis Academic International newspapers HK TV Programs Db. * JSTOR * Project Muse • Over 15 e-journals in “Philosophy” • About 15 e-journals in “Language & Literature” • The earliest back issue dated back to 1876 • Historical study of a subject • Over 10 e-journals in “Philosophy” • About 8 e-journals in “Religion” • About 16 e-journals in “Women studies”, “Gay & Lesbian studies”, “Culture & Society” • Full-text Major Electronic Resources E-Journals • Project Muse • JSTOR

24. Research Support

25. : Campus-wide Web-based Bibliographic Management Tool • Functions: • Import references directly from major databases available through the Library homepage and the Library Catalogue or from text files, or enter references manually. • Create personal folders and organize references into folders for different topics • Format in-text citations • Create bibliographies in a variety of citation styles including APA, MLA, and • Chicago. • Access your references from any location via the Web Unit 2.2: Citing Information Resources @Library Tutorials How to Create your Bibliography? Register for a FREEaccount from ITSC!

26. Access to Resources Beyond HKBU Library • Apply for a JULAC Reader Card • HK$50 per application • expires at the end of the academic year (i.e. 31st July) and renew it in a new academic year • endorsement from supervisor • Request books that our Library does not hold or that have been checked out, but that are held by other libraries with the status "AVAILABLE" throughHong Kong Academic Library Link (HKALL) • Online Interlibrary Loan Request (Final Year) • First 20 articles per academic year free of charge • Web-based HKBU ILL System • First-time user registration • Keep track of the status of requests online • Retrieve electronic articles on desktop • HK$5 charge for each additional article filled by local libraries.